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Sale & rent back is no answer to a mortgage, says Daniel Gatty

Paul Lowenstein QC & Teniola Onabanjo detail why London has become a centre for international litigation

FSA v Alexander: playing the system, or manipulating the market, asks Simon Goldstone

Patricia Leonard reviews the latest controversy to hit the banking industry

Oliver Assersohn analyses the first FSA initiated prosecution for insider trading to end in acquittal

The Supreme Court decision of 25 November on bank charges in Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and others is on the face of it surprising.

The latest Supreme Court ruling on bank charges is unlikely to be the end of the matter, says Freya Law

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) recently published its policy on dealing with UK companies suspected of having committed offences involving overseas corruption.

Recent cases have raised questions about the safety of chip and pin cards from fraudulent attack, for example by cloning. Typically, in such cases, the claimant is an individual whose account has been debited as a result of one or more allegedly unauthorised card transactions; the defendant is a bank or building society.

Banks & customers are potential victims in an unhappy balance,
says David Hislop

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

NEWS
Is a suspect’s state of mind a ‘fact’ capable of triggering adverse inferences? Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Smith of Corker Binning examines how R v Leslie reshapes the debate
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
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